This page features all the views we have related to USS Baltimore (CM-1) from the time of her conversion to a minelayer until she was disposed of.
For more images of and related to USS Baltimore,
see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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The following views show the minelayer Baltimore in the distance, or show personnel associated with her:
Photo #: 111-SC-43563 Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918 U.S. Navy minelayers proceeding to sea in two columns, in Area Number 2 of the North Sea, September 1918. Ships in the column at left are (from front to rear): Roanoke, Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore. Ships in column at right are (from front to rear): Canonicus (out of picture, to right), Canandaigua, Aroostook and Saranac. Note disruptive "dazzle" camouflage worn by these ships. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 460 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 2805 Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918 U.S. Navy minelayers steaming in column in the North Sea, September 1918. At left, British destroyers are covering the formation's flank with a smoke screen. Ships in the minelayer column are (from front to rear): Roanoke, Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 560 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 52819 Mine Squadron One, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Senior officers of the squadron, photographed on board ship in the North Sea area, September 1918. Those present are identified in Photo # NH 52819 (complete caption). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 430 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 52995 Mine Squadron One, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Senior officers of the squadron, photographed on board ship in the North Sea area, September 1918. Those present are identified in Photo # NH 52995 (complete caption). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 79747 USS R-5 (SS-82) Underway in Pearl Harbor, circa 1923-1930. USS Baltimore (CM-1) is moored in the background, with USS Sanderling (AM-37) tied up alongside. Both of these ships were then out of commission. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 445 pixels |
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In addition to the views presented above, the following
photographs of Pearl Harbor in 1941 show the old minelayer Baltimore
rather distantly:
In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Baltimore (CM-1). The following list features this image:
The image listed below is NOT in the
Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
USS Baltimore (CM-1) in Dry Dock # 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii Territory, 23 July 1924. Port broadside aerial view, showing all of Baltimore but her bow beyond her foremast. USS Hancock (AP-3) is in the immediate background.
Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
For more views of and related to USS Baltimore, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 19 December 2002
New image added 24 March 2007